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href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/07\/27\/david-attenboroughs-next-documentary-series-bbc-release-date-confirmed-23762930\/\">Parenthood<\/a>, which explores the trials and tribulations of parenting within the animal kingdom, clearly, that’s not enough. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/05\/08\/dont-ever-call-david-attenborough-a-national-treasure-even-one-23046559\/\">The 99-year-old natural historian<\/a> seems to be intent on showcasing one of the most nightmarish sequences possible as a 1,000-strong pack of young African social spiders can be seen eating their mothers.<\/p>\n<p>Captured by TV cameras in a never-before-seen moment, the premier episode of the series saw the spiders prey in a game of ‘grandmother’s footsteps’ where they freeze in unison like musical statues before eating their elderly relatives.<\/p>\n<p>Attenborough explained ‘demands of parenthood are finally taking their toll’ on the mothers who offered their body as a ‘gift’ to their offspring before they departed.<\/p>\n<p>The atmospheric music, toe-curling sound effects and Attenborough’s iconic voice combined to create the painstaking moment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23554287 lazyload\" alt=\"Sir David Attenborough wearing a blue suit and smiling at an event\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_192893336-e6ae.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>David Attenborough’s latest documentary Parenthood has left viewers in shock (Picture: Victoria Jones\/ PA Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image 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Oh my GOD they eat their Mum then all their relatives. It just confirms what I have always know spiders are EVIL,’ Viki posted on X. <\/p>\n<p>‘These spiderlings are nightmare fuel,’ Melanie shared.<\/p>\n<p>‘A lioness, a giraffe,a hippo & a gang of cannibal spiders, it’s been a bit of a blood bath in tonight’s #Parenthood I can hardly watch,’ Neil added.<\/p>\n<p>Series producer and director Jeff Wilson described it as ‘probably one of the best’ sequences he had worked on in 30 years of film-making.<\/p>\n<p>‘[I’ve] never heard Sir David deliver a sequence as good as that\u2026 it sort of brings a lump to your throat\u2026 he\u2019s the master at delivery,’ he told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2025\/jul\/28\/mother-eating-spiders-david-attenborough-series-parenthood-bbc\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2025\/jul\/28\/mother-eating-spiders-david-attenborough-series-parenthood-bbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>‘It makes one feel quite sort of chilled to the bone that you know that your own young could do that. 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data-src=\"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_260706292-699e.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Toe-curling sound effects and dramatic music increased the intensity (Picture: BBC\/ Parenthood)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23797726 lazyload\" alt=\"The horrifying moment baby spiders swarm to eat their mother will make you scream Picture: BBC\/ Parenthood METROGRAB\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_260706291-b4d2.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The spiders played a game of ‘grandmother’s footsteps’ (Picture: BBC\/ Parenthood)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23797699 lazyload\" alt=\"The horrifying moment baby spiders swarm to eat their mother will make you scream Picture: BBC\/ Parenthood METROGRAB\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_260706302-9f0b.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The 1,000-strong pack of young African social spiders ate other relatives (Picture: BBC\/ Parenthood)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The snoozing baby gorilla is in a state of peaceful relaxation while lying on his mother’s chest, his eyes closed as the forest hums gently around them.<\/p>\n<p>The five-part series Parenthood promises to  show viewers never-before-seen animal behaviours while delivering a \u2018universal message about preserving the natural world.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/sir-david-attenborough-front-new-35168282\" target=\"_blank\" 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